, 1887-11-24
Articles ofIncoFpoFatIon. of
Articles Of Incorporation Of Uni,
rcrSity Of Puget Sound.
Supplemented to Articles Acknowledged
May 81. lSS7-l

Supplemented to Articles Acknowledged
May 81, 1851
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE Presents:
That we, the subscribers hereto. be
ing the same subscribers to Articles
subscribed May 81, 1887, all being
citizens of the United States and Of
the Territory Of Washington, being
desirous of forming aud carrying on
corporation, under the laws of
Washington Territory for the pur-
pose OF establishing and maintaining
a College and University; have, and
do hereby associate ourselves to-
gether, for the purpose of incorpCr-
ating under the laws of said Ter
rItory. and We hereby certify and
adopt the following Articles of 1ncor-
poration, supplemental and amends
tory to the Articles heretofore by us
subscribed
ARTICLE [.
The names of the persons so asso-
ciating are: n. G. Hill, D. G. Le-
Sourd, T. j. Massey, W. II. Fife, D,
t. Denny, ". B. Mcmillan, J. \.
DenisOn, c. NJ Bradshaw, A. j. Ham
son, Allen Weir, j. r Lewis, W. D.
Tyler, " c. Squire, Isaac Dillon and
]. S. Mcmillan.
ARTICLE II.
The corporate name of said body
polite is the University of Puget
SQUAD" The location whereof shall
be on section 10 in township 80 north
Of range L west, near the city OF
Port Townsend, IN jefferson county,
W. Ty.. and its chief place of busi
ness shall Je at said city and said
location.
ARTICLE III.
Said corporation is not q joint
stock company, and the members
thereof shall consist of It's board of
trustees to be selected and appointed
as III the Articles provided. Its pro
fessors, teachers and agents shaI! be
appointed by its board of trustees !;
but said board may authorize a com
mitteee of its number to make such
appointments under the direction of
the board and subject to removal by
the board. Pupils may bo admitted
and discharged from its schools in
accordance with rules and regula-
tions adopted by the faculty and ap-
proved by the board Of trustees.
ARTICLE ".
The object and purpose of the cor
poration is to build up and maintain
a first class college and university
under the patronage and control of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
within the bounds of the Puget
Sound Conference, for the instruc-
ton and education of all persCus
The end and aim shall be to secure
to all the pupils of its school a
christian education.
ARTICLE v
The officers of said corporation
shall consist of board of trustees to
consist of fifteen members. The Off
GERS of the board shall consist of a
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer, all of whom shall be
elected by the board. The president
and vice president shall be member
of the board. The faculty and agents,
professors and teachers shall be pro-
vided for in the bylaws, and ap-
pointed by the board of trustees, or
by committee of its members Sc
lected for such purpose, The mem
bera of the board of trustees shall be
elected as follows:
Four members shall be elected by
the Puget Sound Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Five members shall be elected by
the members Of the Methodist Epis-
oapal Church of the following
charges tO-Wit:
One by the church of Olympia.
One by the first NJ. L. church of
Tacoma.
One by the first N. E. church of
Seattle.
One by the Battery Street NJ. Z.
church of Seattle.
One by the M. Z. church of Port
Townsend, and six members shall be
elected by the board of trustees
In case the said conferences
shall neglect or refuse to act and
elect the members as above proyid-
ed, there and such case the board of
trustees may elect said members, and
in all cases of vacancies, the board
of trustees may at any meeting fill
the same
The term of office of the members
of said board shall be fixed by the
bylaws; but shall in no case be less
than one year.
The following persons shall con
stitute the members of the board of
trustees to manage the affairs of the
corporation for one year from and
after the date of these articles, to wit:
Rev. Isaac Dillon, Rev. ]. n. Denison,
Rev. A Laubach, Rev j. n. SkidmoIe,
A. J. Hausee, n. d. Hill, g. NJ. Brad
shaw, Allen Weir, D. L. Denny, j. r.
Lewis, A. Briggs, Alfred A. Plummer,
J. j. n. Van Bokkelen, Wesley Warner,
who shall hold such Office until their
successors are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI.
The said board of trustees shall,
on these articles being subscribed,
acknowledged and sworn to, as pro-
vided by law, proceed to elect pres
ident, secretary and treasurer, who
shall hold their several offices for one
year aud until their successors are
elected.
ARTICLE VII.
The annual meetings of the board
shall be held on the first Tuesday of
November at 10 o'clock a.. II. and
special meetings may be held at any
time OF the call of the president, or
at the request of five members of the
board, filed with the SecretaH
ARTICLE VIII.
Such corporations shall hold and
exercise all the rights and privileges
provided by the laws of Washington
Territory, aud may acquire, hold,
mortgage, sell and convey property,
real and personal for the purpose of
carrying out the objects and pur-
poses of the corporations All con-
tracts of the corporation shall be
signed by the president of the board
of trustees, unless otherwise special
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